Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself
Interpretation
Jealousy is unproductive; focus on your own journey and progress.
In this quote, Baz Luhrmann emphasizes the futility of jealousy, reminding us that life is a long, often unpredictable race where our only true competition is ourselves. Rather than comparing ourselves to others and feeling envy, it is more beneficial to concentrate on our personal growth and achievements.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.
All good, clean stories are melodrama, it's just the set of devices that determines how you show or hide it.
Seize today and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
If you say "can't" you're restricting what you can do or ever will do.
If we go to work at 8 a.m. and go home at 5 p.m., this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.
When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.
Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.
When men are employed they are best contented.
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